Jiangning Mansion Yahou Hall.

Wang Hanzhi was like an ant on a hot pot, pacing around the house.

His hair, which was already gray and white, had turned half gray after a few days.

For disaster relief, Wang Hanzhi, an old official, is extremely experienced, but he knows that Jiangning City is complicated, and it is not easy for him, the prefect of the four grades, to control it. But after raising more than 120,000 yuan that day, he was greatly relieved.

However, things are far from being as simple as he thinks.

However, in more than ten days, the rice grain in the south of the Yangtze River has risen by leaps and bounds from the usual 800 yuan a stone to 3 yuan and 1 stone, and it has continued to rise, and now it has risen to 300 yuan and 500 yuan a stone, which has doubled, and it is still impossible to buy grain.

It stands to reason that in recent years, natural disasters have occurred year after year, and the major grain merchants have already stockpiled grain, and they should not rise so fast, and last year the highest price rose to only two times, and then fell to the usual 500, and this year, even if the flood is serious, it should rise to three times at most.

However, in the past 10 days, the rice grain in the hands of the major grain merchants has either been snapped up or hoarded in their hands and not sold, so that the rice grain that can be circulated in the market is becoming less and less.

Of course, Wang Hanzhi knew who was operating behind the scenes, but he was helpless.

Rice grain and private salt are the foundation of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family controls most of the rice grain business on Jiangnan East Road, except for the Zheng family, no one else has the ability to control the rice grain market on Jiangnan East Road.

For this reason, he did not hesitate to surrender his identity, and as a fourth-grade master, he went to Zheng Mansion repeatedly to ask to see Zheng An, but repeatedly ran into a wall.

"The Zheng family is also a relative of the emperor, how can they disturb the place and make a fortune in the country......

However, it is useless to say this, the Zheng family has always started by illegal operations, and it is not the first time that Zheng An has done this kind of thing in the hands of Zheng An, otherwise how could Zheng An become a well-known wealthy businessman in Jiangnan step by step from a gangster.

Moreover, the original Zhao and Xie families, but now that Wang and Zhao are married, the Zheng family's status in Jiangnan is in jeopardy, and Wang Hanzhi and the Wang family have always been very close, Zheng An has long had the intention of repairing Wang Hanzhi.

And the most important thing is that this time, the Zheng family not only called on the major grain merchants to hoard rice and grain and sell it at a price, but also did their best to hoard more than 300,000 stone of rice grain, and then sell it at a grain price of up to 45 guan per stone, which would be a profit of nearly 1 million guan.

With this battle, the Zheng family can shock the entire Jiangnan, overwhelm the Zhao, Wang, and Xie families, and regain their disadvantage.

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, whether it is Xie Yun, who is known as the female Zhuge , or Xie Yu who has the style of a Confucian businessman, or Wang Tong, who is calm, after all, he ignored Zheng An, who retreated into the background, and regarded him as a toothless tiger, otherwise there would not be the Zheng family and its associated grain merchants who rushed to buy in the south of the Yangtze River for nearly ten days before reacting.

It's just that the original business of the three of them is not on rice and grain, even if the Zheng family makes a lot of money, it will not hurt it, and it is he Wang Hanzhi who really wants to hurt his muscles and bones.

Not only is the government's stock of grain decreasing, but the disaster relief continues, that is, because the people in the city cannot buy food, their families have little surplus food.

Once the food in the city is exhausted, not only will the 100,000 victims be short of food, but the 200,000 indigenous people in the city will also have no rice to cook, and chaos will inevitably occur.

Of course, at that time, the Zheng family will not let the city be completely chaotic, and command it to the point that it is about to be out of control, and then sell grain at a high price, taking the opportunity to make a big profit, and he, the prefect of Jiangning, has done it.

At this moment, he finally knew that his predecessor Zhang Zhuang had only served as the prefect of Jiangning for three months, and he was defeated, and Jiangning's troubled waters ...... It's too deep.

At this moment, the news outside the door interrupted his thoughts.

"The son of the Zhao family, the eldest son of the Xie family, and the second son of the Wang family, ask to meet the prefect."

Wang Hanzhi reined in his mind and said urgently: "See you quickly." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Hao, Wang Jue and Xie Yu had already broken into the back hall.

After some greetings, the three of them had just sat down, and Wang Jue, who was anxious and fast-talking, preemptively asked: "The Zheng family is plotting against each other, and the city is about to run out of food, I don't know what Lord Fuzun wants to do?" ”

It stands to reason that as three people, although they are the leaders of the rich second generation in Jiangning City, they are not qualified to ask Wang Hanzhi these words. It's just that the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and Wang Hanzhi has always been open-minded, so he didn't mind the recklessness of the three hot-blooded sons at all.

Wang Hanzhi frowned, sighed for a long time and said: "The rice and grain on Jiangnan East Road are all under the control of the Zheng family. The flood on Liangzhejiang Road is far better than Jiangnan East Road, and there is no grain to sell, and the only thing that can be made is Jiangbei. ”

The three of them are all juniors who have not reached the weak crown, if it weren't for the urgency of the situation, Wang Hanzhi would not have confided in front of the three juniors anyway, but at the moment he talked about everything.

"The grain merchants in Jiangbei are looking forward to Huang Wenhu, and Zheng An has a fateful friendship with Huang Wenhu, I'm afraid Zheng An has already said hello, and if he wants to buy grain from Huang Wenhu, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult......"

Wang Hanzhi's tone was full of helplessness, and it was desperate.

"Who is Huang Wenhu?" Zhao Hao frowned and asked.

Wang Jue said: "Huang Wenhu, who was born as a smuggler of smuggled grain, later created the Huainan Grain Gang, and even swept the entire Jiangbei rice and grain market, and because he was lame in the rivers and lakes in the past, he was called 'Lame Tiger'. ”

"Lame Tiger?"

Zhao Hao's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, as if he remembered something, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.

Wang Hanzhi sighed and said: "Today's plan, I'm afraid that the only way to do this is for the old man to go to Jiangbei in person, and work with his colleagues in Jiangbei to persuade Huang Wenhu to sell grain to solve the urgent need of Jiangning Mansion, and there is no other way." It's just that this person has always been mercenary, and I'm afraid there is little hope......"

Wang Jue became irritable when he heard this, and said angrily: "Zheng Anxin has a bad idea, so he deserves to have a bad disease; And the son of Huang Wenhu, who is nearly thirty years old and has nothing to do, is said to have become a eunuch, which can be regarded as retribution! ”

"What?" Zhao Hao suddenly stood up, his eyes lit up.

Wang Hanzhi and the other three all showed puzzled looks, looking at Zhao Hao in confusion, I don't know why he was suddenly so excited.

Zhao Hao pondered for a while, the look in his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord Fuzun is a member of the fourth grade of the imperial court, how can he deign to beg that reckless grain merchant, and he is willing to set off tomorrow with his two brothers and go to Jiangbei, and persuade Huang Wenhu to sell grain for 200,000 stone at a reasonable price with his three-inch tongue, so as to solve Jiangning's urgent need." ”

"What?" Wang Hanzhi saw Zhao Hao's confident appearance, and he was instantly messy.

Xie Yu and Wang Jue were even more incredulous, only to feel that Zhao Hao was talking in his sleep.

Zhao Hao said in a deep voice: "Two brothers, do you dare to go to Jiangbei with your foolish brother?" ”

The two of them were instantly touched by his impassioned look, but they said half-convinced: "If the virtuous brother has a successful chest, we are naturally willing to go with the virtuous brother." ”

Zhao Hao looked at Wang Jue and said indifferently: "The virtuous brother knows that the foolish brother never speaks falsely. On that day, Zheng Feng and I made a bet with Hefeng Lou as a bet, and everyone in the world said that I would lose, what was the result? Last month, I told my brother that I would pass the examination of the six arts, marry my sister and return, what was the result? Could it be that the virtuous brother still refuses to believe in the ability of the foolish brother? ”

This sentence was said to Wang Jue, and it was also said to Wang Hanzhi.

Could it be that the safety of hundreds of thousands of people in Jiangning and the evening festival of my king Hanzhi are all in the hands of this son?

And Xie Yu and Wang Jue, thinking about it carefully, this former gentleman brother has really done a lot of unexpected things in the past six months, and finally chose to be convinced.

"In that case, I'll leave tomorrow and go to Jiangbei with my virtuous brother."

Zhao Hao laughed and bowed to Wang Hanyi: "Please sit firmly in Jiangning City, more than half a month, less than ten days, I will bring 200,000 stone rice and grain." ”

Until the backs of Zhao Hao and the other three disappeared at the door of the back hall, Wang Hanzhi was still looking at the door as if in a dream.

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